Summer wraps autumn, water keeps wind

The rain made of bead threads lingered all night, and the servants pushed open the exquisitely carved wooden windows, and the wind carried the rain into the study room, and the human hair on the ebony incense table fluttered around in front of the eyes.The servant hurried to close the window when he saw it, but he only held his sleeves and put down his pen, and the servant stepped aside again, standing in front of the window and letting the wind and rain blow against his face, the strength of Yushan's avalanche was fully displayed at the moment.

The next person asked for peace and said: "Your Majesty's imperial decree is coming, please ask the third master to bathe and burn incense, and wait for the decree in the front hall."

The third master looked out of the window at Lulu's Long Live Stone, which was soaked by rain, and answered yes.The "Diamond Sutra" on the incense table to pray for my mother has not been finished, and my father is going to Beijing.His mother is sick and his younger brother is young, so he naturally wants to stay in the fief to guard them. That's fine, the court affairs have nothing to do with him.

He changed into a graphite-colored dark moiré suit, which was solemn and inconspicuous. After seeing his father and brother, he stood behind him and followed the crowd to receive orders according to the etiquette.

The official's voice was loud and clear, and he could understand every word, but he couldn't understand why, why it was him.

After the imperial decree was passed down, everyone understood that the emperor could not do without the power of the Yi family, and it was only a matter of time before the prince entered the court to assist the government.But just now, the imperial decree made it clear that the king of Weiyi had a great reputation and stayed in the fiefdom to take over the case of the southern refusal, and the son of the ancestors entered Beijing to assist the emperor.

Prince?The king of Weiyi has not yet established a son, so according to the rule, the eldest son will replace the son.What's more, the emperor also emphasized this point, it seems that the emperor has thought it through.

Everyone sent the official away, but he still stood in that inconspicuous place with his hands in his hands, submissive but silent.

"Father, the third brother is still young and ignorant of government affairs, why not write a letter to request father to come to Beijing to assist the government. The sons are willing to share the worries about the cancellation of the exam." The uncle bowed and saluted.

The second master also hurriedly echoed: "No matter how bad it is, there is still a big brother, and the third brother is too young."

He stood there without arguing.

Finally, they couldn't help but jumped out.Are the brothers really jealous of his youth?What they coveted was not the identity of his eldest son, and their mother's serious illness was inseparable from their ambition.The uncle's mother entered the mansion early, and her family background is not inferior to that of the concubine, but it is a pity that she is a concubine, so it is only natural that her son can only be a concubine.

The king of Weiyi's face was as sinking as water, but he just gave him a look, and they both knelt down and said that their son had made a slip of the tongue.

"Liji, come here." His father walked out of the front hall, ignoring the two of them.

The moment Li Ji walked out of the hall, he still looked back at his brothers. All these years, he had restrained his edge and never competed with them in front of his father.He is obsessed with calligraphy and painting, serves his mother, and does not get involved in the official duties of the fief.The brothers are proud of their spring breeze, but he only cares about his own life.But in the end, the identity of this son of a son-in-law cannot allow him to be at ease forever, away from right and wrong.A tinge of pity came to him suddenly, but was soon won over by disgust.

Li Ji was puzzled, the emperor's move was clearly to be wary of the Yi family, but why the father was not surprised or angry at all, and he was still so stable and majestic, no one dared to speculate.

"When you come to Beijing to assist the government, your father will teach you some political theory, you have to keep it in mind."

Li Ji answered yes.

The king of Weiyi suddenly turned his head and said in a tone never before said: "You never want to talk too much with your father, maybe because your father has been strict with you since childhood." Rely on yourself, no one is urging you, and you can't slack off."

Li Ji has always had a grudge against his father.Like him, his mother was not good at inviting pets. In the eyes of his father, she was just a princess, the mistress of the palace, and the relationship between husband and wife seemed weak.Mother has a peaceful temperament and loves to let things go. Others will inevitably bully and overstep her.

His temperament seems withdrawn and cold to others, and he doesn't like to get along with others very much. In fact, it is the strict father's rules at home that make him dare not make mistakes and be cautious; Contact, for fear of being assassinated.He doesn't want to talk about what he likes and dislikes, and he doesn't bother to talk about it. There is a world in his heart that no one can touch.

Now that he's gone, he doesn't care about government affairs or battles, he only worries that his mother has no one to take care of him, and his younger brother is still so young, babbling in the hands of his wet nurse.

When the wind and rain had not stopped, Liji took off his coir raincoat, took off his shoes and quietly walked into the dormitory.

The mother was ill, and there were few people waiting in front of the bed, and the few aunts couldn't bear it anymore, standing on both sides with half-closed eyes.

"Third Master, why are you barefoot? It's overcast, put on your shoes quickly." An aunt exclaimed in a low voice.

The mother woke up from a light sleep, and said in a hoarse voice, "Is it Chong Xi?" Li Ji heard his mother call his baby name, and hurriedly knelt down beside the bed, holding his mother's hand, and said, "It's my son who came to see you." .”

The aunt fetched the shoes for Li Ji to change into, and then stood in the outer hall to criticize the servants around Li Ji.The servant was also wronged, so he said: "The third master left in a hurry and didn't bring his shoes. He was afraid that his rain clogs would disturb the empress, so he insisted on going in barefoot."

Li Ji explained the reason in front of his mother's bed, but her mother didn't speak, she just turned her face and wept.

Liji felt uncomfortable, but he didn't cry.When he was a child, whenever he wanted to cry, he just looked up at the sky and didn't speak. As time went by, he got used to swallowing his grievances into his stomach. Tears swirled in his eyes, but he insisted on not falling.

"The Diamond Sutra that my son copied for you is only half completed. Forgive me for not being able to fulfill my filial piety in front of my mother's bed."

The mother touched his face and said with tears: "Mother can't bear you." While speaking, the nurse came in from the back hall with a child in her arms. The child had a golden lock of longevity with a dragon pattern on the gold collar around his neck. cute.

The mother suppressed her tears and said, "Look at your brother again, look at him more."

Liji stood up and saw those shiny black eyes, which were so clear to the end.Yes, this is the brother of his mother and compatriot.He held out his hand, and the child grabbed his fingers and giggled.

That little hand is so soft, so small.

Liji took out a diabolo from his bosom, which he made with his own hands when his younger brother was born. He originally wanted to play with him when he grew up, but now he can't.

He shook the diabolo in front of his younger brother, and his little hands stretched out to grab it.The child was holding the diabolo, shaking it left and right, very happy.

The wet nurse hugged the baby and said, "Say 'thank you, third brother'."

The mother squeezed out a smile: "It's good for Mingling to talk now. It's always 'Mother, mother'."

Liji called softly: "Mingling, call me brother."

Ming Ling stared at him with bright eyes, neither smiled nor moved, and it took a long time before he called out: "Chong Xi."

The wet nurse coaxed him and said, "It's brother, call me brother."

Mingling shouted again: "Chongxi."

The mother was also helpless, and sighed softly: "This child."

Li Ji smiled and said: "My younger brother is smart. He knows that Chong Xi is me. From now on, he will be at my mother's knee, and my son will feel relieved." After finishing speaking, he turned to his mother.

Suddenly, Ming Ling burst into tears, kicking his limbs wildly, the nurse could barely hold him, the longevity lock on his neck fell from the collar, and the beads on it were all scattered.Everyone rushed to pick it up and wrapped it in red cloth.Mother frowned and said it was unlucky.

Li Ji hurriedly lowered his head and took the broken longevity lock and put it in his arms.

Li Ji comforted: "Maybe it's because the workmanship is not good. If the mother is worried, let the son take it with him and help the younger brother to suppress it, so that he can think about it in the future." The mother had to agree.

The mother and son talked a lot again.To put it bluntly, Liji is going to Beijing to assist the government, but not to say that he is going to Beijing as a hostage.The princess loves the child and is unwilling in every possible way, but she can't do it. No one can change the will of the capital. She also said that she will enter the capital with Liji, but she can't move her body, and she has a young son to take care of. Chudi is inseparable.Besides, there is no need to report these words, the prince will never agree to the concubine's entry into the capital, the holy will is unpredictable at present, and it is absolutely impossible to shake the foundation of the mansion.Li Ji comforted his mother, saying that his family would take good care of him, and that he would communicate with his family from time to time, and hoped that his mother would take good care of him.

This time in Beijing, Liji also has the task of escorting his cousin Yi Rouyan into the palace.Jiang Shen, his father's adviser for many years, will also enter Beijing with Li Ji.

Behind the soft-colored glass-covered chariot are many green carriages, all of them are young ladies. These women entered the palace in the name of visiting the empress dowager, but they were actually planning for the emperor to choose a concubine.Li Ji thought that the emperor had chosen a concubine not long after he ascended the throne, and he had to choose a concubine again before three years, so the harem must not be peaceful.

Rouyan gets close to Liji, and the journey is boring, so she begs to talk to her brother.Rouyan talked about the past when several sisters used the opportunity to humiliate themselves because of their shuttlecock style and the collision with their eldest sister when they were not out of the house.The eldest sister is the daughter of the original partner, and Rou Yan is the daughter of Xu Xian. She has been clever since she was a child but has a domineering personality, so she is hated among the sisters.

Liji said: "Humiliate you? I'm afraid I wouldn't dare."

Rou Yan scoffed, and said with a smile: "Those concubine daughters born to lowly servants, how can my sister care about them? It's just that the wet nurse remade a shuttlecock with peacock feathers, they can only watch."

Liji laughed and said, "The peacock's plume is so big, how can it be kicked?"

Rouyan smiled coquettishly: "They also said the same thing, but my sister thinks that famous ladies should have their own role models, how can they play with these unrefined things? Peacock Lingzi is just for a scene, for a purpose."

Liji thought to herself that she made everyone dumb by moving her lips and tongue, so she shouldn't be offended when she enters the palace in the future.

Li Ji said: "The palace is no better than the home, there is a difference in respect and inferiority, don't be too aggressive."

Rou Yan pulled Li Ji's sleeve and said with a smile: "With uncle and elder brother around, who dares to show face to my younger sister? My younger sister naturally knows how to behave with the Queen Mother."

All the way until the Xiangjiang River.Rou Yan and her party entered Beijing by water first, while Li Ji took a detour to the south of the Yangtze River first, and then went to catch up.

Jiang Shen asked: "Does the third master understand the truth of this?"

Liji replied: "I have read the contents of Shishen's above list several times, but I don't think he is like those who seek fame and reputation. He has a clear heart and is not an ordinary person."

Jiang Shen said comfortingly: "Third Lord is indeed aware of it, that's why the prince asked you to visit Qiuxian, and let this unruly talent be used by you."